How To Install ruby2.7-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby2.7-dev on Kali Linux.

What is ruby2.7-dev

ruby2.7-dev is:

Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. It has many features to process text files and to do system management tasks (as in perl). It is simple, straight-forward, and extensible.

This package contains the header files and the mkmf library, necessary to make extension library for Ruby 2.7. It is also required to build many gems.

There are three methods to install ruby2.7-dev on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ruby2.7-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby2.7-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby2.7-dev

Install ruby2.7-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby2.7-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby2.7-dev

Install ruby2.7-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby2.7-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby2.7-dev

How To Uninstall ruby2.7-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby2.7-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby2.7-dev

Uninstall ruby2.7-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby2.7-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby2.7-dev

Remove ruby2.7-dev Configurations and Data

To remove ruby2.7-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby2.7-dev

Remove ruby2.7-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby2.7-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby2.7-dev

Dependencies

ruby2.7-dev have the following dependencies:

• libgmp-dev
• libruby2.7

References

• ruby2.7-dev website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby2.7-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.